Apartment Fire in Southwest Houston

What:  Apartment Fire in Southwest Houston

When:  Monday, May 22, 2017 at 9:02 a.m.

Where:  14603 Fonmeadow Dr., Houston Texas  77035

Injuries:  No injuries reported

Damage:  Estimated $15,000 in damage

Cause:  The cause of the fire was due to unattended cooking and deemed unintentional

 

Details:  Firefighters arrived on location of building with light smoke showing from the 2nd floor with a sprinkler activated.  Firefighters began to evacuate the residents from the fire floor as well as the floor above.  Firefighters discovered an extinguished fire on the stove contained to a pot with one sprinkler head activated.  Firefighters shut down the sprinkler system and began water removal operations form the unit.  No injuries were reported.  The incident was deemed under control and tapped out at 9:34 a.m.  14 HFD units responded to this incident.